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Mass Drowning of Migrants in Rio Grande Spurs Calls for Immigration Reform
At least 9 migrants drowned while attempting to cross the swollen Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas earlier this week.
We Need a World Without Borders on Our Increasingly Warming Planet
Mass migration is an outcome of the crises of capitalism, conquest and climate change, says Harsha Walia.
Disappointed in Biden’s Inaction, Immigrant Rights Advocates Look to the States
In California, the VISION Act would prohibit collaboration with ICE to remove people being released from prison or jail.
Immigrant Rights Groups Are Suing LexisNexis for Helping ICE Target Communities
The data broker has collected personal information on millions of people and sold it to government entities like ICE.
Detained Immigrants in California Strike Over $1 a Day Pay, Working Conditions
GEO Group is retaliating against the jailed immigrants, even as it denies that an ongoing strike is underway.
Texas Governor Is Busing Asylum Seekers to NYC and DC as Part of Political Stunt
Immigration activists are calling on city officials to support those who were reportedly misled into boarding the buses.
Biden Will End “Remain in Mexico” Policy, But Immigrants Face Ongoing Trauma
The impacts of the Trump-era policy reverberate, as do the effects of continuing deportations and detentions.
Growth of Borderland Policing Is Deadly for Migrants
Profoundly unequal relations between the U.S. and the home countries of most undocumented migrants add to the danger.
ICE Is Using Data From LexisNexis to Skirt Sanctuary Laws and Deport Immigrants
A hearing this week in Illinois will probe how the data-sharing contract may violate Cook County’s sanctuary ordinance.
Supreme Court Blocks Biden From Limiting Deportations
The court rejected an emergency appeal from the Biden administration, upholding a draconian order from a Texas judge.